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Lewis Silkin is a city law firm recommended by the major legal commentators as one of the leading UK suppliers of legal services to the commercial communications industry. The firm has a proven track record of working in partnership with its clients to produce results. The following are just a few examples of the services it can provide: floating privately-owned marketing services groupings; steering advertising campaigns safely clear of legal and regulatory problems; introducing employee share incentive schemes in marketing agencies; resolving comparative advertising disputes between competitors and advising buyers and suppliers of advertising services on all their relevant contractual requirements. Lewis Silkin's "Newsnotes" journal, reporting regularly for clients on developments in commercial communications law, was the first and remains the only UK publication of its kind. A number of the firm's lawyers are regular speakers and writers on advertising law topics.
Articles:
December 2012: Here's Why I Won't be Shopping at American Apparel this Christmas, by: Brinsley Dresden, Lewis Silkin
December 2012: No Stiff Upper Lip as Brits Cry Foul Over Ads, by: Brinsley Dresden, Lewis Silkin
December 2012: CAP Announces New Rules for Online Behavioural Advertising, by: Brinsley Dresden & Simon Morrissey, Lewis Silkin
October 2012: Legal and Regulatory Controls on Advertising and Marketing to Children in the United Kingdom, by: Brinsley Dresden, Lewis Silkin
August 2012: GALA Members to speak at The 34th Annual Promotion Marketing Association Law Conference, Chicago, IL on November 13-14, 2012.
Ron Urbach (USA - Davis & Gilbert), whose firm is also a Platinum Sponsor of the event, is speaking on Today's Consumer & Consumer Marketplace.
- Allison Fitzpatrick (USA - Davis & Gilbert) will run a Spotlight Session on Advertising IP and the New Media.
- Terri Seligman (USA - FKKS) will moderate a session on Social Media & Marketing - Creating Campaigns for Facebook, Pinterest, Tumblr. Twitter & Other Platforms. Her firm is also a Platinum Sponsor of the event.
- Brinsley Dresden (United Kingdom) will participate as a panelist on a session about Sports Marketing - from Ambush Marketing to League Negotiations. Lewis Silkin will also have a Tabletop at the event.
- John Feldman (USA - Reed Smith), whose firm is a Supporting Sponsor of the event, will moderate a panel on Crossing the Dateline: International Promotions. Soren Pietzcker (Germany) will be a panelist.
- Wendy Reed (Canada) will participate as a speaker on a panel about Greener Pastures: Successful Environmental Marketing with the New Rules. Her firm, Heenan Blaikie, is a Supporting Sponsor.
- Rick Kurnit (USA - FKKS) will speak in a Breakout Session Apparantley Transparent? Branded Entertainment Disclosure and Regulation of Endorsements.
- Joseph Lewczak (USA - Davis & Gilbert) and Jeffrey Greenbaum (USA - FKKS) will speak on a panel Monday Mourning: What Can Go Legally Wrong With Your Promotion.
August 2012: GALA Members to speak at NAD/CARU Annual Conference in New York City on October 1-3, 2012
Ronald Urbach (USA - Davis & Gilbert), whose firm is also a sponsor of the event is moderating a panel "Third Screen: Digital Disclosures and #Challenges." His colleague, Allison Fitzpatrick (USA - Davis & Gilbert), will also speak on "Toy Advertising Isn't Child's Play."
Brinsley Dresden (United Kingdom) will speak on "Around the World in…75 Minutes: A Look at Global Advertising Challenges and Self-Regulation."
- Heenan Blaikie LLP (Canada) is a sponsor of the event.
July 2012: Jonathan Coad and Giles Crown, Lewis Silkin (GALA UK) are both quoted in the Guardian's article about the rise in Press Complaints Commission warnings in first six months of 2012.
Article originally published on theguardian.co.ukJuly 2012: Advertising in Social Media: Wayne Rooney, Jack Wilshere and the ASA, by: Brinsley Dresden, Lewis Silkin
Article originally published on theguardian.co.ukJuly 2012: Lewis Silkin (GALA UK) and Osborne Clarke Lead as Publicis Buys Out BBH
Article originally published on thelawyer.comJuly 2012: Jonathan Coad (GALA UK) Represents Tulisa Contostavlos in Legal Action
July 2012: Olympics - Key Dates All Advertisers Should Put in Their Diaries, by: Geraint Lloyd-Taylor, Lewis Silkin LLP
June 2012: ICO Issues Last Minute Further Cookie Guidance, by: Simon Morrissey, Lewis Silkin LLP
June 2012: Referee Mistakenly Shows Rooney the Red Card, by: Brinsley Dresden
March 2012: Experiential Marketing Gets All Grown Up, With Its Own Code of Practice, by: Jo Farmer, Lewis Silkin
March 2012: Snickers Tweets Cleared by the ASA, by: Brinsley Dresden, Lewis Silkin LLP
March 2012: Publishers 2 – 0 European Football Associations, by: Laura White, Lewis Silkin
January 2012: Victory for Common Sense at the ASA, by: Brinsley Dresden
January 2012: Mercedes Criticised by ASA for Handling of Vote Rigging in Competition, by: Jo Farmer, Lewis Silkin
GAZETTE NEWS - December 2011: UK Regulator Changes Its Approach To Competitor Complaints, by Brinsley Dresden, Lewis Silkin LLP
December 2011: Name and shame? by: Jonathan Coad and Sadig Tajbhai, Lewis Silkin
Article originally published in the December 2011/ January 2012 issue of Intellectual Property Magazine (www.intellectualpropertymagazine.com)
October 2011: The Pros and Cons of Negative and Comparative Advertising, by: Brinsley Dresden, Lewis Silkin LLP
Text of an article originally published in the October 2011 issue of Intellectual Property MagazineSeptember 2011: LA Members to speak at The 33rd Annual Promotion Marketing Association Law Conference ( www.pmalink.org/law2011), Chicago, IL on November 15 & 16, 2011.
- Ron Urbach (USA, Davis & Gilbert), whose firm is also a Platinum Sponsor of the event is speaking on Exploring the Rapidly Changing Commercial and Legal Landscape
- Joseph Lewczak (USA, Davis & Gilbert) will moderate a Breakout Session on Ambush Marketing, in which Brinsley Dresden (UK) will participate as a panelist.
- Mark Oesterle (USA, Reed Smith) will speak on Challenges to Marketers Posed by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
- Allison Fitzpatrick (USA, Davis & Gilbert) will run an Expert Roundtable on the Mechanics of Conducting Social Media Promotions
- Cathy Bate (Canada) will run an Expert Roundtable on The Laws of Canada
- Jeffrey Greenbaum (USA, Frankfurt Kurnit) will moderate the Breakout Session Green Speak: Environmental Marketing on which Wendy Reed (Canada) will be a panelist.
- Rick Kurnit (USA, Frankfurt Kurnit) will moderate a session on Intellectual Property and the Right of Publicity
- GALA Members Reed Smith LLP (USA, Reed Smith), Frankfurt Kurnit Klein & Selz PC (USA, Frankfurt Kurnit) and Heenan Blaikie (Canada) are all Supporting Sponsors of the event.
March 2011: GALA members Giles Crown (UK), Mark Davis (Canada) and Jeffrey A.Greenbaum (United States - FK) to participate in a panel at the American Conference Institute's Advanced IP Forum for Advertising Counsel . The event will be held in New York City on April 27-28, 2011. Jeff will moderate the panel and Giles and Mark will speak on China, the EU and Canada: Defending your Intellectual Property Against the Risks of a Global Advertising Campaign.
January 2011: GALA Members to speak at Association of National Advertisers Advertising Law & Public Policy Conferencein Washington, DC on March 15 & 16, 2011.
- Douglas J. Wood (USA, Reed Smith), GALA Chairman and ANA General Counsel will Chair the Conference and will also present on SAG / AFTRA Developments.
- Rick Kurnit (USA, Frankfurt Kurnit), will speak on The Right of Publicity in Brand Integration
- Brinsley Dresden (UK), Irina Anyukhina (Russia), Ricardo Antequera (Venezuela) and Erich Bachmann (New Zealand) will present an exclusive GALA panel on Global Advertising Clearance in A Digital World"
- Ronald Urbach (USA, Davis & Gilbert), whose firm is also a lead sponsor of the event is speaking on Collateral Consequences
- John Feldman (USA, Reed Smith) will speak on Green Marketing
- Jeffrey Greenbaum (USA, Frankfurt Kurnit), Felix Hofer (Italy), Peter LeGuay (Australia) and John Salloum (Canada) will participate in the final conference sessionPutting it All Together: New Media and the Future of Advertising
GAZETTE NEWS - December 2010: The Olympics are coming... So sling yer 'ook
Authors: Brinsley Dresden & Geraint Lloyd-Taylor, Lewis Silkin LLPApril 2010: GALA Vice Chairman and UK Member, Brinsley Dresden, Lewis Silkin LLP to Chair C5 Events' Advertising Law Conference on June 9th. He will also moderate a session on Engaging in Compliant Green Marketing Practices in Today's Regulatory Environment.
December 2009: Uk law on prize competitions receives clarification
Author: Brinsley Dresden, Lewis Silkin
October 2009: GALA EMEA held a seminar on September 18, 2009 in Warsaw, Poland on Green Marketing and Ambush Marketing, hosted by Polish GALA member, Ewa Skrzydlo-Tefelska's firm Sołtysiński Kawecki & Szlęzak (SK&S). SKS partnered with Harvard Business Review Poland to promote the event. Felix Hofer (Italy), Brinsley Dresden (UK), and Michel Bejot (France) presented on Green Marketing and Szymon Gogulski (Poland), Dr. Soren Pietzcker (Germany), and Duncan Grehan (Ireland) presented on Ambush Marketing. To view the entire program from the event click here.
August 2009: Overview of the Guiding Principles for Green Marketing Regulations, by Brinsley Dresden, Lewis Silkin
August 2009: Legal and Regulatory Controls on Environmental Claims in Advertising and Marketing in the United Kingdom, by Brinsley Dresden, Lewis Silkin
The Gambling Act 2005, by Brinsley Dresden, Lewis SilkinAnd finally...some predictions for 2006, by Brinsley Dresden, Lewis Silkin
Text of an article first published by Campaign MagazineThe Gambling Act 2005: What does it mean for promotional marketing in practice? by Brinsley Dresden, Lewis Silkin
Political ad ban threatened by judicial review by Brinsley Dresden, Lewis Silkin
Text of an article first published by Campaign MagazineAdvocacy Advertising: A fillip for democracy or a bidding war for special interest groups? by Brinsley Dresden, Lewis Silkin
Text of an article first published by The Marketing Society's e-nuggets electronic newsletterNew OFCOM broadcasting code
by: Giles Crown, Lewis SilkinAnd finally...some predictions for 2005 by Brinsley Dresden, Lewis Silkin, Text of an article first published by Campaign Magazine
Access all Areas by Brinsley Dresden & Jo Farmer, Lewis Silkin
Text of an article first published by The Marketing Society's e-nuggets electronic newsletterThe return of the soap opera by Jo Farmer, Lewis Silkin
Sobering Thoughts: Ofcom's proposals for the regulation of TV advertising of alcoholic drinks
by: Brinsley Dresden & Jamie Barnard, Lewis Silkin
Text of an article first published by The Marketing Society's e-nuggets electronic newsletter.October 2008: Google’s policy change regarding the use of trade marks in keywords
Author: Brinsley Dresden, Lewis Silkin